Rory McKay (born 2 February 1979 in Scotland) is a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

rugby union former footballer and now coach who played for Glasgow Warriors. He played at

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. He played at international level for the

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side. Starting his amateur career at

Gordonians RFC Gordonians RFC are a rugby union team based in Aberdeen, Scotland founded in 1923. They take their name from the fact that they were originally the former pupils club for Robert Gordon's College in the city. History Founded, in 1904–05 f ...

, McKay then moved to Glasgow Hawks. In 2002, he left the Hawks to sign for the professional provincial side Glasgow Warriors. While not playing for the provincial side, he played for Aberdeen Grammar. McKay left Glasgow Warriors in 2004 and pursued a career in rugby in Australia, Italy and England. He played for Manly in Australia; Venezia in Italy; and

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and

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in England. The flanker also represented Scotland in their Club XV side. He represented an invitational Caledonia Reds side versus a Co-Optimists side in effort to get the Caledonia Reds side formally re-instated by the SRU in 2014. He is now a Rugby Development Officer and coach of

Perthshire RFC Perthshire Rugby Football Club, formerly known as Perthshire Academicals, is a rugby union club located in the city of Perth, Scotland. History Founded in 1868, it is one of the oldest rugby clubs in Scotland. Perthshire was a consistently succ ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McKay, Rory 1979 births Living people Scottish rugby union players Glasgow Warriors players Aberdeen GSFP RFC players Gordonians RFC players Glasgow Hawks players Waterloo R.F.C. players Bedford Blues players Venezia Mestre Rugby FC players Scotland international rugby sevens players Male rugby sevens players Rugby union flankers Scotland Club XV international rugby union players